Convertible collar.



W. B. RONEY.

CONVERHBLE COLLAR. APPLICAHON FILED JUNE 5,1916.

Patnted 32111.3(),1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 311, 191?,

To all whom z'tmay concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. RoNnY, a' citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county ofDouglas and State of Nebraska, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Convertible Collars, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce a collar for shirts, mackinaw coats, raincoats and other garments, which shall. be convertible at will into either one of two quite different. styles. I While the invention in its preferred form is embodied in a collar permanently attached to and forming a part of a garment, the invention is not limlted to such use. For example, it may be embodied in a separate collar adapted tobe attached to the neck-band of a garment in the well-known manner.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a shirt having attached thereto a collar embodying my invention, the collar being shown in socalled military position and the corners of the outer portion being broken away to disclose the arts beneath. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Flg. 1, but showing the collar in so-called neglige position, and parts being broken out for the purpose above set forth. Fig. 3 is a fragmental front elevational view showing the collar turned up and the two adjacent or overlapping portions of the shirt spaced away from each other to better disclose the structure. Fig. 4: is a section in the plane of line 4-4 of Fig. 3, single thicknesses of the cloth being shown for the sake of clearness.

When the invention is embodied in a collar permanently attached to a shirt, the neck-band of the shirt constitutes the inner portion of the collar, the outer portion being folded down about the inner portion" in the usual way. If the invention be embodied in a separate collar, however, the inner portion of such collar would fit around the outside of the neck-band of the shirt, the outer portion of the collar being folded down about said inner portion.

Referring more specifically to the preferred embodiment shown in the drawings, the invention will be described in detail without any intention of limiting the same to this embodiment, the scope of the invention being pointed out in the appended claims.

The body of the shirt is indicated by the reference numeral 5, 6 being the usual opencured to the opposed end of the neck-band.

Atab 12, is secured, to the upper edge of the tab 9 and the adjacent portion of the neck-band in such position that the tab 12 may span the opening between the adjacent ends of the collar when the shirt is closed. Fastening means are provided for securing the tab 12 to the opposed ends of the collar, said fastening means preferably being in the form of button-holes 13 in the o posite ends of the tab and buttons 14: sewe to the undersides of the collar adjacent to its opposed ends.

' When the tab stands up from the neckband and is secured to the buttons 14, the collar is held in the so-called military 0- sition as shown in Fig. 1, giving the e ect of a stand-up collar in front View. The utility and advantage of the arrangement do not reside alone in the appearance of the collar, but, as will be understood, the collar when in the position shown in Fig. 1 affords greater protection to the throat, the tab 12 closing the space between the adjacent ends of the collar so that the latter is suitable for use in cold or stormy weather.

When it is desired to wear the collar in the so-called neglige position, the tab 12 is folded down in front of the neck-band and one of the button-holes 13 is passed over the button 11, the other button-hole 13 being secured by a button 15, which is sewed to the neck-band in proper position. The collar may now be folded farther down into the position shown in Fig. 2, which is the usual position occupied by collars in soft shirts.

If the collar is made separate from the shirt, the tab 9 will, of course, not form a part of the neck-band of the shirt, as in the case of the permanently attached collar, but

the two tabs 9 and 12 may constitute an extension on the inner portion or fold of the collar.

I claim as my invention:

1. A convertible collar for garments having a tab to extend across the space between the adjacent ends of the collar, the collar comprising an inner portion and an outer portion adapted to fold down about said inner portion and in front of said tab, and a tab secured to the other tab and adapted to stand up to hold the collar in military position, or to fold down in front of the first tab to allow the collar to assume a neglige position, and suitable securing means for the second tab.

2. A soft folded collar having an inner portion and an outer portion, a tab connected to one end of the inner portion, a tab foldably connected to the upper edge of the first tab-so as to be foldable downwardly into position in front of the first tab, and means for detachably securing the opposite ends ofv the second tab.

3. A shirt having a soft collar perinanently attached thereto and having a tab secured adjacent to one end of the collar and adapted to overlap the opposed end, a tab secured to the first mentioned tab and ar ranged to stand up to hold the collar in military position or to fold down alongside the first tab to allow the collar to 00- cupy a neglige position, a button and button-hole for securing the first tab to the opposed portion of the shirt, the second tab 3091c: of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the commissioner of l'atcnts.

7 Washington, D. G. 

